After a long offseason for the Miami Heat, we are finally getting to see the 2024-25 NBA season in action. Even though there were some moving pieces, Miami brought back most of its core from last season, led by Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. However, one of the players who had a breakout […]
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Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. was unquestionably one of the best rookies throughout the 2023-24 season, especially prior to his groin injury in January. But the former No. 18 first-round pick wasn’t perfect. In an interview with the Miami Herald, Jaquez opened up about one particular skill that he wanted to improve most heading
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As expected, the Miami Heat have officially exercised both 2025-26 team-options for wings Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Nikola Jovic, NBA insider and reporter Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press first reported Thursday. For Jaquez, it will be a third-year option while it’s a fourth-year option for Jovic, the final year of his rookie contract. The
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There weren’t many positive storylines for the Miami Heat in the 2023-24 season, but one was how then-rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. burst onto the scene. Jaquez, who was drafted No. 18 overall by the Miami Heat, finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting and made All-Rookie first team in his inaugural NBA campaign. He
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They may not be the real All-NBA teams, but something is better than nothing! Miami Heat rookie Kel’el Ware, who they drafted No. 15 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft, and second-year forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. were named to the NBA 2K25 All-Summer League teams, the league announced Monday. Ware was named to the first
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To help the Team USA men’s basketball team prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Las Vegas, Nev., Jaime Jaquez was named to the 15-player USA Basketball men’s Select Team, the team announced Friday. It will include 13 other NBA players and Duke forward Cooper Flagg, who’s projected to be the No. 1 pick in the
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While San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, last year’s top overall selection, unanimously took home the 2023-24 Rookie of the Award voting, Miami Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez finished in fourth, the league announced Monday. Jaquez, Miami’s No. 18 selection in the 2023 NBA Draft, also finished behind Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren and Charlotte’s Brandon Miller,
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The Miami Heat, less than 48 hours removed from getting eliminated in five games to the Boston Celtics, conducted exit interviews Friday afternoon. While it was optional, almost every player spoke, including Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. From the moment that the first summer league game tipped off in early July, Jaquez, who the Heat
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The Miami Heat possessed a four-point lead at halftime over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half with both teams playing very high octane offense. But the Thunder didn’t look back after an 11-0 run to open the second half, earning the 128-120 victory. The Heat, losers of now four of their last six,
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There was a growing consensus ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft that it was a promising draft class, beginning with Victor Wembanyama to G-League Ignite’s Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller and even extending to hyper-athletic twin wings Amen and Ausar Thompson, among plenty others. The Miami Heat, as we all know, sputtered last regular season as
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